My media

As I live in New York, I get the New York Times. But just to keep in touch with the enemy, I also get the rightwing New York Post, mainly for its very good sport section. When I'm in England I normally buy the Independent, which seems to be reasonably intelligent and, well, independent. That said, all newspapers have an agenda.

Magazines

I get the NME when I can to keep up with the new bands that I photograph.Occasionally, I buy Rolling Stone, too, but it's not as immediate as the NME. In fact, there's not really an equivalent of the NME in the States.

Books

Books? Oops a daisy! Well, I recently read Jung and Yoga: the Psyche-Body Connection, by Judith Parker Harris, which is about the relationship between yoga and the writings of Carl Jung. I can't say I've read a novel in years, though.

TV

I tend to watch late-night TV because I don't get much chance during the day. I like a good documentary and a good Bogart film, and there's a guy in America called Bill Maher, who does a really good humorous political programme. I enjoyed watching Dame Edna, too, the last time I was in Britain, because he had my friend Debbie Harry on the show, who I've photographed in the past.

Radio

There's a guy called "Little Steven", who's in The Sopranos and who hosts a show, Little Steven's Underground Garage, in which he mixes up the oldies with the latest rock'n'roll. I listen to Xfm when I'm in England.

Ads

The ads in the States drive me bloody mad. There's this one with a gekko, which is this funny little lizard, and they use it to advertise a car insurance company called Geico. The kicker is he does it with a London accent, and it catches my ear because of that.

New media

My 17-year-old daughter will regularly show me things on YouTube and MySpace. And seeing full-blooded magazines pop up on the internet is fascinating, especially for someone like me who is involved in the visual arts.